What's with the rush of Republican no's?
Are they lily-livered, or are they just deciding it's lost, so they'll go for political points.
Even George Allen is voting no now.
No its on the Reid one now I think.
They shouldn't have amended Reid, they should have put up their own amendment to the original bill, then passed Frist and voted down Reid.
Neither amendment should be in the bill. The Frist amendment was just to keep the Dems from completely hijacking the debate - and it worked.
This was a good move on the Republican's part. They can vote no (or yes) for both the Frist and Reid ammendments and look good on princiapl. They can catch the Dems voting no on the Frist amendment and yes on the Reid amendment, showing how partisan they are. And ultimately they can defeat both amendments without giving the Dems any ammo.